A Promising Future: U.S. Public Libraries as Informal Media Literacy Educators

2013 ◽  
pp. 133-139
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Literacy Educators

Media Literacy for Political Cognition in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 305-331
Author(s):  
Chad Woolard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Literacy Educators ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Civic education has long been a goal of liberal education, and many institutions are renewing their commitment to meaningful civic engagement as both a philosophical and educational goal of higher education. Civic engagement and media literacy are essential to fostering democracy. This chapter outlines the shared ideological and pedagogical approaches to civic and political engagement and its connection to media literacy education. The 2016 election cycle has presented a number of challenges for civic engagement and media literacy educators. Many of the core values and beliefs related to critical thinking and information literacy have been challenged.

The Freedom of Critical Thinking

2019 ◽  
pp. 349-377
Author(s):  
Jennifer Fleming ◽  
Masato Kajimoto
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Literacy Curriculum ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
News Literacy ◽  
Literacy Educators

This study examines how college educators in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Malaysia adopted and adapted lessons gleaned from a news literacy curriculum developed by journalism instructors at Stony Brook University in New York. In doing so, the chapter situates the emerging field of news literacy within parameters of its parent field, media literacy, and current trends in digitization, globalization, and information freedom. Details on how educators in Asia made a pedagogy designed for American citizens relevant to their students and how they negotiated country-specific social, cultural, and political contexts are included. Future directions in research include more in-depth and comparative understandings of the processes at work in localizing media literacy frameworks as well as an exploration of what media literacy educators in the United States and other democracies can learn from their counterparts in countries where accessing, creating, and disseminating information could be considered subversive activities.

scholarly journals Going beyond the 'library': the current work of the Scottish Information Literacy Project

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (102) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Caskie Crawford ◽  
Christine Irving
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Literacy Training ◽  
National Information

Reviews briefly the origins of the Scottish Information Literacy Project from its origins in 2004 as a project solely devoted to developing a National Information Literacy Framework for Scotland to the present time. The project now encompasses workplace information literacy, the skills agenda, lifeong learning and media literacy. The article concentrates on current activity: the restructuring of the first draft of the Framework to make it a genuine lifelong learning document and the pursuit of the workplace agenda, following a successful research project. This now focuses strongly on having information literacy recognised as an essential workplace skill. Work is also being undertaken with public library partners to develop information literacy training in public libraries. The policy implications of the work are reviewed.

Integrating Media Literacy Into Mathematics

2019 ◽  
pp. 27-49
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Kolodnicki
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Expert Advice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Progressive Pedagogy ◽  
Future Success ◽  
High Standards ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Research ◽  
Literacy Educators

A disconnect between the content taught in mathematics classroom and the skills young adults need for future success has created need for more diverse pedagogy. Media literacy and mathematics communities agree on similar goals for students to access media, evaluate it, and produce their own. Through the use of progressive instructional techniques, specifically involving media literacy, educators can simultaneously address overlooked equity concerns in mathematics. Research has found that these techniques can help students by holding them to high standards, support math thinking and language development, draw on students' prior knowledge, value their communities, and solve real-world problems that they will be facing in the future. Practical suggestions and expert advice for implementing more progressive pedagogy are included. Issues and solutions to infuse new methods into the classroom are outlined along with future research suggestions.

Media Literacy for Political Cognition in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 757-783
Author(s):  
Chad Woolard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Literacy Educators ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Civic education has long been a goal of liberal education, and many institutions are renewing their commitment to meaningful civic engagement as both a philosophical and educational goal of higher education. Civic engagement and media literacy are essential to fostering democracy. This chapter outlines the shared ideological and pedagogical approaches to civic and political engagement and its connection to media literacy education. The 2016 election cycle has presented a number of challenges for civic engagement and media literacy educators. Many of the core values and beliefs related to critical thinking and information literacy have been challenged.

Latvian public libraries as a resource, cooperation partner and initiator for promoting media literacy and civic participation in local communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062110367
Author(s):  
Kristine Kine ◽  
Agnese Davidsone
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Library Resources

The aim of this study is to explore the involvement of public library librarians in improving media literacy and promoting civic participation in Latvia. Within the framework of this research, 15 semi-structured interviews with librarians of public libraries were conducted. The main findings indicate that librarians can strengthen information consumption skills by providing lifelong learning opportunities for all members of society. However, several problematic aspects emerge, among them are the lack of methodological materials specifically for library use, difficulty in reaching audiences who need media literacy training and insufficient media literacy skills among librarians themselves. The librarians in the study stated that more up-to-date knowledge of media literacy is required, as technological developments have changed the criteria by which we evaluate information. Libraries also engage in building civil competence, mainly by facilitating different forms of civic participation and ensuring equal access to infrastructure and library resources. Librarians themselves consider libraries to promote local community awareness and strengthen its identity, thus perpetuating a democratic society. Libraries also promote a sense of responsibility towards the community in members of society by organizing events and organizing volunteer work. Therefore, there is the need for public libraries to become more visible in the local communities as promoters of civic participation, engage more in the communities’ life. This requires librarians to take a more active role, and their participation in community events and partnership building. Librarians’ own media literacy and pedagogical skills need to be continuously improved.

scholarly journals The role of public libraries within ensuring information security and formation of media literacy of personality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariia Kryvets
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Analytical Description ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Interdisciplinary Concept

The purpose of the article is to determine the role of public libraries in ensuring the information securityof the individual and to establish the formation of its media education. Analyze the practice of teaching medialiteracy in libraries. The methodology consists of the application of general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, generalization, and review-analytical description, which revealed the place and role of publiclibraries in the formation of personal media literacy and information security of the individual. The scientificnovelty is that the information security of the individual is considered in the context of media literacy andthrough the prism of library activities for the formation of media literacy of users. Conclusions. As a resultof the research, it is determined that - issues of information security of the individual are not considered atthe legislative level, to the appropriate extent, and the main attention is paid to the information security ofthe state. Information security of the individual is an interdisciplinary concept that is studied by scholarsin law, information and library affairs, journalism, computer technology, psychology, sociology, pedagogy,etc. Information security of the individual is an interdisciplinary concept that is studied by scholars in law,information and library affairs, journalism, computer technology, psychology, sociology, pedagogy, etc. It hasbeen proven that the information security of an individual depends on the level of his media literacy, ability tocritically evaluate information, identify unreliable – fake or ordered information that is misleading, to resistpropaganda and manipulation. Modern public libraries play an important role in shaping the media educationof citizens, in particular through their educational and educational activities. Media literacy training is heldon the basis of libraries. Libraries create information materials on this topic, select appropriate informationsources and resources, hold mass events on this topic.Keywords: informational security, media literacy, public library, information.

Connecting

2019 ◽  
pp. 181-218
Author(s):  
Renee Hobbs ◽  
Liz Deslauriers ◽  
Pam Steager
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Oral Histories ◽  
Great Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
The Family

Librarians in school, public, and academic contexts have been more outward-facing in their outreach efforts over the past 15 years. Public libraries have connected with school and academic libraries, and more libraries increasingly connect with local organizations and individuals to provide programming. Public film screenings enable public and academic libraries to meet the needs of all people in the community—including those who can’t, don’t, or don’t like to read. Film and media literacy in libraries helps to create communities where ongoing sustained dialogue helps us talk and listen to each other. As we model respectful ways of talking about movies and media, we know that these vital civic competencies can transfer to the home, the family, the workplace, and the community. In some communities, locally created oral histories on video bring people together to share stories, and this form of digital media has cross-generational value for both current and future residents. Libraries can also be an avenue for independent filmmakers to distribute their films. Screening the entries of film contests like the 90-Second Newbery and 60-Second Shakespeare can serve to attract patrons to the library and readers to great literature. Outreach librarianship may also be a matter of marketing and adaptation for survival.

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